As hatching time gets closer eggs are more sensitive to moisture. Basicly too much water enters the egg and the Leo drowns before it is able to hatch. Or it could be due to high osmotic pressure that interferes with the hatchlings ability to hatch successfully.



Really it could be a lot of things, so I guess you'll never know for sure. It could have even just been a weak baby, and nothing could have saved it.



I will say though that I had a lot of trouble my first year I breed Leos, I only had about a 25% hatch success. I had a lot of experience with colubrid eggs, but obviously they were more tolerant of my errors than leos were. I have since dried up my mix and switched from vermiculite to perlite and all my eggs have done way better. This year I only breed 4 Leos, and so far all of my eggs have hatched with no problems.

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• what causes full term death??? im sad... - adamjeffery, Mon Jul 31 20:05:15 2006
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